Damarwulan

Once upon a time, there lived a queen by the name Dewi Suhita in Majapahit kingdom. She was

famous by her title Ratu Ayu Kencana Wungu. She was the sixth ruler of Majapahit kingdom.

During her time ruling the kingdom, Majapahit managed to conquer many regions and

expanded their territory. At that time, the center of the kingdom was located in Trowulan, East

Java.

One of small kingdoms conquered by Majapahit was Blambangan kingdom which located in

Banyuwangi. The kingdom was ruled by a noble from Klungkung, Bali, by the name Adipati Kebo

Marcuet. The adipati was known to be apowerful man with supernatural power. His appearance

looked like a buffalo because he had two horns on his head.

Ratu Ayu Kencana Wungu considered Adipati Kebo Marcuet as a threat because he kept trying to

reclaim his teritory from Majapahit. Therefore she decided to make a contest. She announced

the contest to some of her most loyal servant and asked them to spread the word. Her

announcement was “Whoever managed to defeat Adipati Kebo Marcuet would be titled as the

Adipati of Blambangan and the queen would take him to be her husband.”. The word spread in

no time and many people joined the contest but none of them were able to defeat Adipati Kebo

Marcuet.

One day, a fine and powerful young man came to join the contest. His name was Jaka Umbaran.

He is the grandchild of Adipati Kebo Marcuet’s teacher and supporting father, Ki Ajah

Pamengger. It turned out that Jaka Umbaran knew the weakness of Adipati Kebo Marcuet. He

challenged Adipati Kebo Marcuet into a duel and with his heirloom “Gada Wesi Kuning” Jaka

Umbaran won the battle.

Ratu Ayu Kencana Wungu was very happy with the result of the battle. After that, she made Jaka

Umbaran to be the Adipati of Blambangan and entitled him with a new name, Minakjinggo. But,

Ratu Ayu Kencana Ungu did not fulfill her promise to mary Minakjinggo as the winner of the

duel. She refused to be his wife because the physical appearance of Minakjinggo was no longer

perfect after the battle. His face was broken, his body was crooked and he also became cripple.
Minakjinggo kept trying to propose Ratu Ayu Kencana Wungu several times, even after he had

two beautiful concubine by the name Dewi Wahita and Dewi Puyengan. But, Ratu Ayu Kencana

Ungu did not change her decision. She kept rejecting the proposal and it caused a deep pain in

Minakjinggo’s heart.

Ever since that day, Minakjinggo hold a grudge toward Ratu Ayu Kencana Wungu and he

promised to himself that he would avenge her one day. In order to do so, Minakjinggo started to

claim some territories of Majapahit and built his own army. He also planned to attack Majapahit

with his forces.

Knowing this plan, Ratu Ayu Kencana Wungu decided to make another contest. The reward of

this contest was the queen herself, so whoever managed to defeat Minakjinggo would wed Ratu

Kencana Wungu. The prize of the contest attracted so many people to participate in it, but none

of them were able to defeat Minakjinggo.

One night, Ratu Ayu Kencana Wungu had a dream. In her dream, she saw a very handsome

young man fought Minakjinggo and won the battle. In the morning, she told the description of

the man in her dream to her kingdom counselor and asked him to find the man. After a long

search, the counselor finally managed to locate a young man that match the description given by

Ratu Ayu Kencana Wungu. The young man was one of the servants in the house of Patih Loh

Gender and his name was Damarwulan.

Damarwulan was actually the son of Patih Udara, one of Majapahit’s Patih before his place was

replaced by Patih Loh Gender. When he heard about the contest held by the queen, he decided

to join the contest without any hesitation. So, Damarwulan and the kingdom counselor went to

see Ratu Ayu Kencana Wungu at the palace.

When they arrived at the palace, they went to see Ratu Ayu Kencana Wungu in the main hall. In

front of the queen, Damarwulan express his intention to join the contest. Ratu Ayu Kencana

Wungu recognized Damarwulan as the young man in her dream, so she granted him her

permission. After that, Damarwulan went to Blambangan to challenge Minakjinggo into a duel

with him.
Damarwulan shouted in front of Minakjinggo’s palace. He challenged Minakjinggo to get out of

his palace and had a duel with him. It didn’t take too long for Minakjinggo to respond the

challenge. He went out of his palace to face Damarwulan. He brought along his heirloom “Gada

Wesi Kuning” with him.

They started the fight as soon as they laid eyes on each other on the field in front of the palace.

The fight was fierce, but in the end Damarwulan got hit by Gada Wesi Kuning and he passed out.

He was thrown into the jail by Minakjinggo’s servants after that.

When he was in jail, Minakjinggo’s concubine, Dewi Wahita and Dewi Puyengan, visited him. It

turned out that both they had crush on him, so they treat his injury and helped him to heal. They

also told him that Minakjinggo’s power relied on his heirloom “Gada Wesi Kuning”. They said that

without the heirloom, Minakjinggo would be powerless. Damarwulan then asked them to steal

the heirloom for him, and they agreed to do so.

In the night, Dewi Wahita and Dewi Puyengan stole the heirloom and then they gave it to

Damarwulan. They also released him from the jail. Damarwulan escaped the palace and

returned in the morning to challenge Minakjinggo for the second time. Minakjinggo was so

shocked to see his heirloom was in Damarwulan’s hand. He was about to asked how did

Damarwulan got the heirloom when suddenly Damarwulan launched his surprise attack and

defeated Minakjinggo easily.

Damarwulan returned to Majapahit after that. He reported to the queen that he had

accomplished his mission and he brought Minakjinggo’s heirloom as the proof that he had

defeated Minakjinggo. The queen trusted him and she decided to fulfill her promise. They got

married after that and Damarwulan became the ruler of Majapahit.